MICROPLATE MOUNTING STAND, AND ANALYTE TESTING/OBSERVING APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH

摘要

[Objective] An object is to provide an analyte testing/observing apparatus which can prevent evaporation and drying of an analyte and a reagent accommodated, before being dispensed, in a plurality of wells formed in microplates, to thereby stabilize the reaction between the analyte and the reagent and improve the accuracy of analyte test, and which can reduce the required space. [Means for solution] An analyte testing/observing apparatus includes a microplate mounting stand 10 which supports at least one microplate among a microplate 27 having a plurality of wells 27a for accommodating an analyte and microplates 28 each having a plurality of wells 28a for accommodating a reagent, and which includes a retractable shutter 20 for covering a surface of the at least one microplate mounted on the mounting stand 10. When the dispensing work is stopped, the shutter 20 is closed and lowered, so that the shutter 20 comes into contact with the surfaces of the microplates 27 and 28, to thereby prevent evaporation and drying of the analyte and the reagent accommodated within the wells before being dispensed.